WO1995028138A1 - A tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings - Google Patents

A tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings Download PDF

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WO1995028138A1
WO1995028138A1 PCT/DK1995/000155 DK9500155W WO9528138A1 WO 1995028138 A1 WO1995028138 A1 WO 1995028138A1 DK 9500155 W DK9500155 W DK 9500155W WO 9528138 A1 WO9528138 A1 WO 9528138A1
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closure device
tampon
anchor part
canal
handle means
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Ib Kollerup
Erik Ethelfeld
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Coloplast A/S
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Priority to US08/727,405 priority Critical patent/US5800338A/en
Priority to JP7526639A priority patent/JPH09511920A/ja
Priority to EP95916591A priority patent/EP0759734B1/en
Priority to AU23040/95A priority patent/AU679368B2/en
Priority to DE69504653T priority patent/DE69504653T2/de
Publication of WO1995028138A1 publication Critical patent/WO1995028138A1/en
Priority to NO964254A priority patent/NO306845B1/no

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/2022—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor characterised by the shape
    • A61F13/2028—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor characterised by the shape adapted to change of shape after absorption of liquid
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/2002—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor characterised by the use
    • A61F13/202—Catamenial tampons
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/34—Means for withdrawing tampons, e.g. withdrawal strings
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S604/00—Surgery
    • Y10S604/904—Tampons

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  • the invention relates to a tampon or closure device for insertion into externally debouching, artificial or natural body canals of animal or human beings and comprising an resilient compressible plug-like body of moulded material, which body when inserted is expanded to a cross-sectional dimension ensuring closure of the body cavity (canal) in question, and which body for use at withdrawal from the body canal is provided with a handle means protruding from the body and being in connection with an anchor part encapsulated in the body with a relatively large bearing face against the surrounding moulded material and made from a material with a knitted structure providing for a three-dimensio ⁇ nal bond to the moulded material.
  • GB patent application no. 2.153.686 and the US patents nos. 1.561.020, 1.731.665, 3.520.302, 3.916.898 and 4.979.947, among others, are disclosed various forms of tampons for placement in externally debouching body canals, eg. vagina or anus, for absorption of fluids and/or for medication.
  • the intermediate piece may be of a perforated or knitted tissue with cords fastened to a rigid anchor part which is anchored in the tissue.
  • the anchoring device thus comprises several parts which makes the plug complicated and dearer.
  • the anchor part is designed as a stocking-like element orientated in the longitudinal direction of the plug-like body and is in integrated connection with a handle means.
  • a processing step is saved, the withdrawal device being encapsulated at the same time as the moulding of plugs contrary to conventional manufacture where the withdrawal device is not fastened to the plug until this is moulded.
  • the anchor part may be manufactured from a soft flexible material, eg. in the form of relatively fine- meshed netting.
  • a preferred embodiment is characterized in that the anchor part is designed as a relatively short element of woven or non-woven material, preferably fabric or plastic, eg. gauze.
  • the manufacture can be expedient in that one end of the anchor part, which is designed as a stocking and integrated with the handle part meant to protrude outside the finished body, is inserted into the mould used for the manufacture of the closure device by means of an appropriate, eg.
  • conical, core element which may by means of protruding pins or wall elements be designed to maintain an end part of the woven or non-woven material distended in order to obtain the three-dimen ⁇ sional bond with the moulded material, and creates a tightening between the core element and the mould.
  • the tampon or closure device according to the invention can in particular be used as anal plug for the relief of anorectal incontinence, as a closure device for stomal orifices such as known per se from EP patent no. 188376 or as urethal or vaginal plug for the relief of urinal incontinence, mainly by women.
  • the invention is not limited to these fields of application, but is also convenient in connections with devices where no closure device is primarily intended, but which are used for eg. medication as known from several of the before-mentioned publications.
  • the outer geometrical form and size of the tampon or closure device will of course depend on the purpose of application and in which body canal it is to be used.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show sectional views of an embodiment of a tampon or closure device according to the invention meant for use as an anal plug in a compressed insertion state and an expanded state of use.
  • anal plug consists of a moulded body 1, preferably of foam polyurethane.
  • the body 1 when inserted is compressed to a cross-sectional dimension which does not exceed the cross-dimensions of the body canal in question, here anus, in normal distended state.
  • the plug 1 is retained in this compressed state by means of a surrounding coating 4 of a material, eg. a hydrocolloid, which upon insertion in anus is dis ⁇ solved and thus permits expansion of the body to the form in which it is manufactured when moulded.
  • Ex ⁇ pansions measured by the diameter may lie within the area of 50-400% depending on the character and the application field of the material.
  • the device is provided with a handle means protruding outside the moulded body 1 which handle means according to the invention comprises an anchor part 2 consolidated in the moulded body 1 and a handle part 3 in integrated connection herewith.
  • the handle means in its entirety is designed as a stocking of gauze or a like woven or non-woven material, preferably fabric or plastic.
  • An end part of the stocking forming the anchor part 2 is encapsulated in the moulded body 1 by insertion into the mould used for its manufacture by means of a core element which is designed, eg. with protruding pins, in such a way that during the sub- sequent foaming process of the moulding material, it maintains the anchor part 2 distended and available for contact with the moulding material both on the exterior and on the interior.
  • the moulding material can thus be selected in order to optimize other use properties such as the elastic memory ability necessary for the expansion as well as absorbency, permeability, toxity, etc.

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PCT/DK1995/000155 1994-04-18 1995-04-12 A tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings WO1995028138A1 (en)

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US08/727,405 US5800338A (en) 1994-04-18 1995-04-12 Tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings
JP7526639A JPH09511920A (ja) 1994-04-18 1995-04-12 動物または人間の体内通路のためのタンポンすなわち閉塞具
EP95916591A EP0759734B1 (en) 1994-04-18 1995-04-12 A tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings
AU23040/95A AU679368B2 (en) 1994-04-18 1995-04-12 A tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings
DE69504653T DE69504653T2 (de) 1994-04-18 1995-04-12 Tampon oder schliessvorrichtung für körperdurchgänge eines tierischen oder menschlichen wesens
NO964254A NO306845B1 (no) 1994-04-18 1996-10-07 Tampong eller lukkeanordning for kroppsåpninger hos mennesker eller dyr

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DK0445/94 1994-04-18
DK44594A DK171585B1 (da) 1994-04-18 1994-04-18 Tampon- eller lukke-indretning til legemskanaler hos dyr eller mennesker

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ATE170738T1 (de) 1998-09-15
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DK44594A (da) 1995-10-19
NO964254L (no) 1996-10-21
DE69504653D1 (de) 1998-10-15
DK171585B1 (da) 1997-02-10
AU2304095A (en) 1995-11-10
DE69504653T2 (de) 1999-02-25
EP0759734A1 (en) 1997-03-05
AU679368B2 (en) 1997-06-26
ES2122588T3 (es) 1998-12-16
NO964254D0 (no) 1996-10-07
NO306845B1 (no) 2000-01-03

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